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Harvard Was ‘Freaking Out’: How a $270 Million Brazil Bet Tanked

A view through court documents of how Harvard’s investments in Brazilian farmland went south.

09.24.19
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Campaign Continues Against State Pension Investment In Fossil Fuels

DivestNJ Coalition has been urging officials to get rid of holdings in oil and gas companies, calling them too risky in the era of climate change.

09.23.19
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Ohio Will Likely Have To Reduce Pension Benefits To Save System

The Ohio Public Employees Retirement System may look to slash future benefits to overcome the largest unfunded liability that the system has ever faced.

09.23.19
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UM Endowment Builds to Record $736 Million

The University of Mississippi’s alumni and friends contributed approximately $103 million in private support during FY19, a year that saw the university’s endowment grow to $736 million – the largest in the state at a public university.

09.23.19
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Index Funds Are The New Kings of Wall Street

Funds tracking broad U.S. equity indexes had more assets by value than stock-picking rivals for the first time.

09.19.19
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Harvard joins Climate Action 100+

Harvard University announced today that its endowment has joined Climate Action 100+, an investor-led initiative to ensure that the world’s largest corporate greenhouse gas emitters take steps to address climate change.

09.17.19
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Dartmouth Announces Endowment Returns

Dartmouth’s endowment generated a return of 7.5% for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, bringing its total value to $5.7 billion.

09.17.19
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Opinion: UC Investments Are Going Fossil Free. But Not Exactly For The Reasons You May Think

Our job is to make money for the University of California, and we’re betting we can do that without fossil fuels investments.

09.17.19
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New Rate Environment Challenges DB Plan Sponsors

Interest rates approaching zero on long-term, safe securities makes funding more expensive.

09.17.19
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Out-Of-Whack Credit Suisse Security Puzzles Volatility Traders

A small, unexplained aberration in a highly specialized corner of the vast U.S. equity and derivatives market is causing a buzz among traders already on edge about a potential market pullback.

09.17.19